# -ano
## Esperanto
### Etymology

Likely from Latin -ānus. Compare Italian -ano, Spanish -ano, English -an, French -en, Portuguese -ão.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈa.no]
* Audio:(file)

### Suffix

-ano
* (nominal) inhabitant of, member of, partisan of
    ex. ‎Novjorko (“New York City”) + ‎-ano → ‎novjorkano (“New Yorker”)

#### See also
## Interlingua
### Alternative forms

* -iano

### Etymology

Borrowed from English -an, French -ain, Italian -ano, Portuguese -ano/Spanish -ano, all ultimately from Latin -ānus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈano/

### Suffix

-ano
* forms nouns from nouns, denoting a native, citizen or inhabitant; -an
    Synonyms: -ese, -ita
    ‎Africa (“Africa”) + ‎-ano → ‎africano (“African”)
    ‎Italia (“Italy”) + ‎-ana → ‎italiana (“Italian”)
    ‎Atlanta (“Atlanta”) + ‎-ano → ‎atlantano (“Atlantan”)
* forms nouns from nouns, denoting a language; -an
    Synonym: -ese
    ‎Italia (“Italy”) + ‎-ano → ‎italiano (“Italian”)
    ‎Samoa (“Samoa”) + ‎-ano → ‎samoano (“Samoan”)
* forms nouns from nouns, denoting an adherent or follower; -an
    Synonyms: -ista, -ita
    ‎Mohammed (“Mohammed”) + ‎-ano → ‎mohammedano (“Mohammedan”)
    ‎Wesley (“Wesley”) + ‎-ana → ‎wesleyana (“Wesleyan”)

#### Usage notes

* This suffix takes the form -iano when place names do not end in o or a or when the root is a personal name.
* When indicating an inhabitant or adherent, this suffix indicates a male. The coordinate female suffix is -ana or -iana (see previous point).
* The corresponding adjectival suffix is -an.

#### Derived terms
### References

* Alexander Gode, Hugh E. Blair (1955) Interlingua: A Grammar of the International Language, →ISBN

## Italian
### Etymology 1

From Latin -ant.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /a.no/ (stress falls on the preceding syllable)
* Hyphenation: -a‧no

#### Suffix

-ano (non-lemma form of verb-forming suffix)
* used with a stem to form the third-person plural present tense of regular -are verbs
* used with a stem to form the third-person plural present subjunctive of regular -ere and -ire verbs
* used with a stem to form the third-person imperative of regular -ere and those -ire verbs that do not take -isc

### Etymology 2

From Latin -ānus (adjectival derivational suffix).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈa.no/
* Rhymes: -ano
* Hyphenation: -à‧no

#### Suffix

-ano (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -ana, masculine plural -ani, feminine plural -ane) -ano m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ani, feminine -ana)
* (productive, relational) forms adjectives from locations, meaning “of, from or related to the location”
    ‎America (“America”) + ‎-ano → ‎americano (“American”)
    ‎Italia (“Italy”) + ‎-ano → ‎italiano (“Italian”)
* (productive) forms nouns from locations, meaning “someone from the location”
    ‎America (“America”) + ‎-ano → ‎americano (“American”)
    ‎Italia (“Italy”) + ‎-ano → ‎italiano (“Italian”)

##### Related terms

* -iano

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈa.no/
* Rhymes: -ano
* Hyphenation: -à‧no

#### Suffix

-ano m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ani)
* (organic chemistry) -ane (in the names of hydrocarbons)

### Anagrams

* -ona, noa

## Latin
### Suffix

-ānō
* dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of -ānus

## Old Galician-Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* -iano

### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin -ānus, from -nus, from Proto-Italic *-nos, from Proto-Indo-European *-nós. Doublet of -ão.

### Suffix

-ano
* forms demonyms from place names
    ‎Africa + ‎-ano → ‎africano (“African”)
    ‎Italia (“Italy”) + ‎-ano → ‎italiano (“Italian”)

#### Descendants

* Fala: -ano
* Galician: -ano
* Portuguese: -ano

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* -iano

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈɐ̃.nu/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈɐ̃.nu/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈɐ.no/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈɐ.nu/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈɐ.nu/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ˈa.nu/
* Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɐnu, (Brazil) -ɐ̃nu
* Hyphenation: -a‧no

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese -ano, borrowed from Latin -ānus, from -nus, from Proto-Italic *-nos, from Proto-Indo-European *-nós. Doublet of -ão.

#### Suffix

-ano (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -ana, masculine plural -anos, feminine plural -anas)
* forms adjectives, from nouns, meaning “of, from or related to the suffixed noun”; -an
    ‎América (“America”) + ‎-ano → ‎americano (“American (of or relating to America)”)

#### Suffix

-ano m (noun-forming suffix, plural -anos, feminine -ana, feminine plural -anas)
* forms nouns, from a placename, denoting someone from that place; -an
    ‎América (“America”) + ‎-ano → ‎americano (“American (someone from America)”)
    Synonyms: -ão, -eiro, -ense, -ês
* forms nouns, from a placename, denoting the main or traditional language spoken in that place; -an
    ‎Geórgia (“Georgia (country)”) + ‎-ano → ‎georgiano (“Georgian (language)”)
* forms nouns, from a person’s name, denoting someone who believes in the religion, philosophy or theory created by that person
    Immanuel Kant + -ano → kantiano (“Kantian”)
* forms nouns, from the name of a star sign, denoting someone born under that star sign
    ‎Aquário (“Aquarius”) + ‎-ano → ‎aquariano (“Aquarian”)

#### Derived terms
### Etymology 2

Borrowed from French -ane or English -ane.

#### Suffix

-ano m (noun-forming suffix, plural -anos)
* (organic chemistry) forms the names of saturated hydrocarbons

## Spanish
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin -ānus, which forms adjectives of belonging or origin from a noun.

#### Alternative forms

* -eno, -eño

#### Suffix

-ano (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -ana, masculine plural -anos, feminine plural -anas)
* coming from, related to, or like
    ‎California (“California”) + ‎-ano → ‎californiano (“Californian”)

#### Suffix

-ano m (noun-forming suffix, plural -anos, feminine -ana, feminine plural -anas)
* one from, belonging to, relating to, made from, or like
    ‎California (“California”) + ‎-ano → ‎californiano (“Californian”)

#### Usage notes

* Forms adjectives from nouns, but the adjectives in turn often come to be used as nouns.
    ‎Ucrania (“Ukraine”) + ‎-ano → ‎ucraniano (“Ukrainian”, adjective) → ‎ucraniano (“Ukrainian”, noun)

#### See also

* -eño, -és, -ense

### Etymology 2
#### Suffix

-ano m (noun-forming suffix, plural -anos)
* (organic chemistry) -ane (in the names of hydrocarbons)
    metano ― methane

##### See also

* (chemistry): -eno, -ino

### Further reading

* “-ano”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish -ano.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈano/ [ˈaː.n̪o]
* Rhymes: -ano
* Syllabification: -a‧no

### Suffix

-ano (noun-forming suffix, adjective-forming suffix, feminine -ana, Baybayin spelling ◌ᜈᜓ)
* Demonym suffix, forms nouns and adjectives indicating or describing that one comes from, belongs to, is related to, or is like those from what the root specifies
    ‎probinsiya (“province”) + ‎-ano → ‎probinsiyano (“provincial”)
    ‎Korea (“Korea”) + ‎-ano → ‎Koreano (“Korean”)
    ‎Amerika (“America”) + ‎-ano → ‎Amerikano (“American”)
    ‎Italya (“Italy”) + ‎-ano → ‎Italyano (“Italian”)
    ‎Mehiko (“Mexico”) + ‎-ano → ‎Mehikano (“Mexican”)
    ‎Cebu (“Cebu”) + ‎-ano → ‎Cebuano (“person from Cebu”)
    ‎Bohol (“Bohol”) + ‎-ano → ‎Boholano (“person from Bohol”)
    ‎Bikol (“Bicol”) + ‎-ano → ‎Bikolano (“person from Bikol region”)
    ‎Iloko (“Ilocos language”) + ‎-ano → ‎Ilokano (“person from Ilocos region”)

#### Usage notes

* Forms demonym nouns, which can also be used as adjectives.

#### See also

* -enyo
* -ense
* taga-

### Further reading

* “-ano”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

### Anagrams

* Ona

## Ye'kwana
### Alternative forms

* -no, -ño (allomorphs)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [-ano]

### Suffix

-ano
* Forms nouns from many postpositions and some (chiefly spatial) adverbs, typically with the sense of ‘one that (is (at)) …’, ‘one that has the quality of …’.

#### Usage notes

When attaching to a final vowel e, this suffix takes the form -ano, with the first vowel replacing the e; when attaching to i, it takes the form -ño; in all other circumstances it takes the form -no.

#### Derived terms
### References

* Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “-no”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎, Lyon, page 140
* Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, pages 300, 302